Shadow-wood Sams

Tom and Licorice - back in the day...

Welcome to our Shadow-Wood Samoyeds home page.We are in the process of completely updating and re-doing the website on a new hosting site, so initially, very few links will be live. As new pages are updated and completed, we will update the links and add more pictures. However, this is an "in my spare time" and "as I learn how to use this site builder" sort of project, so I don't anticipate it going very quickly. Please bear with us. At the moment, these few pages are more like placeholders than completed parts of the website. :)These pages are about our kennel, our dogs, and our observations that have matured over the past forty-plus years about the breed and about dogs.During these years we have been involved with the breed in both confirmation and obedience. We have also have been active in specialty, obedience and all-breed clubs. Through our obedience and all-breed work we have learned about many other breeds. Although we are no longer actively breeding, we are still involved with our local all-breed club (the Middleburg Kennel Club) and with our local Samoyed club (Potomac Valley Samoyed Club) as well as with the Samoyed Club of America. We bring these experiences, perspectives, and opinions to our pages. We also offer our ideas and thoughts to those new to the breed in our FAQs page, and in Patti's Puppy Guide and Patti's Show Puppy Guide as well as the Buying a Puppy From Shadow-wood page.These pages will cover our kennel, our background in dogs, our observations about the Samoyed breed, and about showing in conformation and obedience. For a list of Shadow-Wood dogs – past and present – and their pedigrees and achievements, click here.

Lastly, to avoid repeating what others have already covered so well, we have given you links to several of the many good Sammy sites. If you are new to the breed, you will find lots of good information and links on the PVSC and SCA websites. You will also find a strong Samoyed presence on Facebook in Friends of Potomac Valley Samoyed Club.